There is more to phonics than whole language enthusiasts are willing to accept - There is more to whole language than phonics proponents are willing to accept. Struggling Readers.com is offering a ...

"Can you imagine if someone told you that everything you've been taught in school and everything you've been doing for the past 20 years is flawed?" Monica Covington-Cradle of the AIM Institute for ...

Restoring literacy demands we treat reading as more than a skill, but as a gateway to wisdom and understanding.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The warring factions in the phonics vs. whole-language debate need to stop arguing and work together, says the dean of Purdue University's School of Education. "The debate is ...

Reading specialists have often pitted phonics against holistic word recognition and whole language approaches in the war over how to teach children to read. However, a new study shows that the three ...

It’s too bad pedagogy is called pedagogy. Most people probably aren’t sure what the word even means, but, if somebody did it, they should go to prison. If the science of teaching had better branding — ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

A recent New York Times article threatens to revive longstanding misconceptions about phonics. Teaching children to sound out words in a way that’s backed by science shouldn’t carry political baggage.